I remember one time in particular. I was in the middle of auditioning, and I was mid-sentence when the casting director said, "Listen, kid. You should not be an actress. You are not pretty enough. You should go back to wherever you came from and you should go to school. You don't have it."

She "wasn't crushed" by the criticism, in large part due to how her parents raised her to think about herself and her appearance. And good thing she didn't listen to that casting director, because she went on to prove herself as a talented performer in films like "Reality Bites" and "Heathers."

Being replaced by the young thing. I know that definitely happens in Hollywood. It’s harder to find good roles, and suddenly there’s new girls. I’m at that age I’ve been warned my whole life about.

Luckily, she seems to be embracing and celebrating her 40s rather than wringing her hands about her age. "I have a little bit of traffic now on my forehead -- which I'm like very proud of actually -- and it's interesting how people just instinctively are like, 'Oh, maybe you should get something done for that,'" she told Interview. "And it's like, 'Really?' So I'm excited about this new phase."

For what it's worth, Winona, we think you're gorgeous and talented at any age.

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The Golden-Globe winner <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/21/gina-rodriguez-body-image_n_7104118.html" target="_blank">told HuffPost Live</a> how her father shaped her perspective on beauty:
Beauty was very much on my mind. I had a father that would -- we would look up at billboards and he would say, "That's one version of beauty. You're another version of beauty. And she's a version of beauty. And that girl? She's another version of beauty." He always said that beauty came from within, and as much as you're younger and you're [sarcastically] like, "Yeah, beauty comes from within" -- no, beauty does come from within. I've met some of the most beautiful people, and sadly their heart is just not smiling, and that destroys it all. And then other people that aesthetically aren't considered as beautiful are the most gorgeous people I've ever seen in my life.